Today’s top pics: Ukraine and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
The sun sets near the Olympic rings on a tower ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
The Beijing Olympic Tower is displayed inside the Olympic rings at the main media center ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Demonstrators shout slogans as they march against gender violence, particularly against women's disappearances and femicide in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. The sign reads in Spanish "Not one less." (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Demonstrators march against gender violence, particularly against women's disappearances and femicide in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A volunteer searches for people in the rubble after heavy rain triggered a landslide in Franco da Rocha, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Landslides and flooding caused by heavy rains have killed over a dozen people and forced about 500,000 families from their homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)
Firefighters remove the body of a landslide victim after heavy rains in Franco da Rocha, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Monday, Jan 31, 2022. At least 19 people have died in cities in the interior of Brazil's largest state, Sao Paulo, after landslides caused by heavy rains that have hit the region since Saturday. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the Tilbury Docks in Tilbury, England, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. The port, located on the River Thames, handles a variety of bulk cargo and container traffic is one of Britain's three major container ports. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
Medical staff carry a 69 year-old man who was shot while fishing, wearing a camouflage outfit, in the vicinity of the front lines in Svitlodarsk in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Talks to stave off the threat of war in Eastern Europe are moving to the United Nations Security Council. But Russia, a veto-wielding member of the Security Council, has already dismissed the meeting Monday as a “PR stunt.” (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A Ukrainian serviceman walks in a trench at a frontline position in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. The United States and Russia are squaring off at the U.N. Security Council over Ukraine, with Washington calling Moscow's actions a threat to international peace and security, while a Kremlin envoy ridiculed Monday's meeting as a "PR stunt."(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Russia's UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya addresses the United Nations Security Council, before a vote, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A young boy plays under lanterns decorating Hok Lay Kiong temple on the evening of Chinese New year, in Bekasi, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. People across Asia prepared Monday for muted Lunar New Year celebrations amid concerns over the coronavirus and virulent omicron variant, even as increasing vaccination rates raised hopes that the Year of the Tiger might bring life back closer to normal. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
A manatee floats in the warm water of a Florida Power & Light discharge canal, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Temperatures were in the 40s Monday morning after a cold front passed over South Florida during the weekend. During the winter months, manatees head for warm waters. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)